Senior Storage Engineer
| Company | SS&C |
|---|---|
| Location | Texas, USA, Kansas City, MO, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or equivalent professional experience.
- Over six years of progressively responsible, hands-on experience in IT.
- More than four years of direct experience managing high-performance SAN and NAS environments.
- Over four years of hands-on experience managing backup solutions, including Cohesity, Commvault, Avamar, and/or Veeam.
- In-depth experience with Parallel and Distributed NAS (CIFS & NFS), Block (FC & iSCSI), and Object (S3) storage technologies.
- Extensive knowledge of PURE Storage FlashArray and FlashBlade systems.
- Experience integrating and automating PURE Storage API within production environments.
- Proficient in Linux, Windows, and VMware administration, with strong scripting skills in PowerShell and BASH.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the overall performance of storage and backup solutions, ensuring minimal latency and optimal efficiency across the infrastructure.
- Conduct cross-platform workload analysis and performance profiling to predict and enhance storage and backup system performance.
- Design, test, deploy, and maintain complex, parallel-access storage and backup systems.
- Continuously monitor and analyze system performance, establishing measurement processes and tracking efficiency against application and project requirements.
- Define and implement proactive threshold alerting mechanisms for early detection of potential performance issues.
- Identify and remediate I/O, throughput, or latency degradation across storage tiers, conducting root cause analysis and implementing solutions.
- Provide 24/7 on-call support for all storage and backup platforms on a rotational basis, ensuring system reliability and business continuity.
- Work closely with engineers and architects to align tactical storage and backup strategies with business objectives, fostering a collaborative development and analysis environment.
- Manage multiple projects concurrently, setting clear milestones and deadlines in alignment with broader organizational goals.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with storage systems like EMC, NetApp, HDS, IBM, HPE, or similar next-generation technologies (preferred).
- Familiarity with Python and PostgreSQL databases (preferred).